如何在Fedora Linux上安装，运行和卸载VMware Player和VirtualBox-CSDN博客

VMware Player and VirtualBox are two cool and free full virtualization solutions and both can run on top of a Linux host. In this post, I introduce how to install, run, and uninstall VMware Player and VirtualBox on Fedora Linux.

VMware Player和VirtualBox是两个很酷的免费完整虚拟化解决方案，它们都可以在Linux主机上运行。在本文中，我将介绍如何在Fedora Linux上安装，运行和卸载VMware Player和VirtualBox。

VMware Player∞ (VMware Player ∞)

安装VMware Player∞ (Install VMware Player ∞)

Download the installation bundle from VMware’s website. For example, the file we download is: VMware-Player-4.0.0-471780.x86_64.bundle .

从VMware网站下载安装包。例如，我们下载的文件是： VMware-Player -4.0.0-471780.x86_64.bundle。

Install needed kernel header and devel packages

安装所需的内核头文件和开发包

# yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel

Run the bundle file

运行捆绑文件

# sh VMware-Player-4.0.0-471780.x86_64.bundle

Then just follow the instruction of the GUI of the VMware installer, and you can finish the installation.

然后，只需按照VMware安装程序的GUI指示进行操作即可完成安装。

运行VMware Player∞ (Run VMware Player ∞)

Just execute

只需执行

$ vmplayer

Start a virtual machine just by one command

只需一个命令即可启动虚拟机

$ vmplayer /path/to/virtual/machine/config.vmx

Give the path to the virtual machine configuration file (a .vmx file under the virtual machine’s directory) to vmplayer as its parameter.

将虚拟机配置文件（虚拟机目录下的.vmx文件）的路径作为参数指定给vmplayer。

卸载VMware Player∞ (Uninstall VMware Player ∞)

VMware installer provides the method to uninstall VMware products. We can use this tool

VMware安装程序提供了卸载VMware产品的方法。我们可以使用这个工具

# vmware-installer  --uninstall-product vmware-player

It has a GUI and just follow its instruction to finish the uninstallation.

它具有GUI，只需按照其说明完成卸载即可。

VirtualBox的∞ (VirtualBox ∞)

安装VirtualBox ∞ (Install VirtualBox ∞)

We use VirtualBox’s repository for Fedora here. We use VirtualBox-4.1 as the example.

我们在这里使用VirtualBox的Fedora存储库。我们以VirtualBox-4.1为例。

Download the repository file.

下载存储库文件。

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo

Install VirtualBox using yum

使用yum安装VirtualBox

# yum install VirtualBox-4.1

Related (for UEFI Secure Boot systems): VirtualBox report “Kernel driver not installed” on Fedora 21.

相关（对于UEFI安全启动系统）： VirtualBox在Fedora 21上报告“未安装内核驱动程序” 。

运行VirtualBox的∞ (Run VirtualBox ∞)

Just execute

只需执行

$ virtualbox

Start a virtual machine just by one command

只需一个命令即可启动虚拟机

# VBoxManage startvm name_of_the_virtual_machine

VBoxManager use the virtual machine’s name as its parameter. The name can be found from VirtualBox’s virtual machine list.

VBoxManager使用虚拟机的名称作为其参数。可以从VirtualBox的虚拟机列表中找到该名称。

卸载VirtualBox的∞ (Uninstall VirtualBox ∞)

As installing VirtualBox, we can uninstall (erase) it using yum

安装VirtualBox时，我们可以使用yum卸载（擦除）它

# yum erase VirtualBox-4.1

Previous comments:

以前的评论：

frogola, OCT 11, 2012 AT 11:07 PM
How would you compare the two products, what are the strengths and weaknesses of each? Which one do you prefer?

托格拉多拉，2012年10月11日，晚上11:07
您将如何比较这两种产品，每种产品的优缺点是什么？你更倾向哪个？

Zhiqiang Ma, OCT 12, 2012 AT 10:01 AM
On Linux platforms from my own experience, VMWare player delivers better performance than VirtualBox. However, VirtualBox is easier to setup/upgrade/etc. Considering the higher performance of PCs, I like VirtualBox more.

马志强，2012年10月12日，上午10:01
根据我的经验，在Linux平台上，VMWare播放器提供了比VirtualBox更好的性能。但是，VirtualBox易于设置/升级/等。考虑到PC的更高性能，我更喜欢VirtualBox。